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Definition of Disability
According to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), the term “disability” means, with respect to an individual,
- a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual;
- a record of such an impairment; or
- being regarded as having such an impairment.
Major life activities include, but are not limited to: learning, speaking, walking, seeing, hearing, breathing, working or the ability to care for oneself. Under the protection of the ADA, a disabled person is ensured equal opportunity to fully participate in postsecondary education.
- Student Accessibility Services
- Office of Accessibility Services
- Serving Students with Disabilities
- Definition of Disability
- Accommodations
- Requesting Accommodations
- Determining Eligibility for Reasonable Accommodations
- Required Documentation
- Veteran Readiness and Employment and Other Disability Service Providers
- Student Responsibilities
- Academic and Non-Academic Appeals and Waivers
- Outside Resources and Information for Students with Disabilities
- Suicide Prevention Information
- Student Well-Being Resources
Toni M. Terry, BA
"I am 67 years old, soon to be 68, and to be able to say I did this at this day in my life is just gratification for my own self."